America I AM

Opening this Saturday in Los Angeles, America I AM celebrates nearly 500 years of African American contributions to the US.

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Thanks to everyone who visited the exhibition. We hope you had a wonderful experience.

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America I AM closes this Sunday in Los Angeles. This is your last chance to see this awe-inspiring exhibition.

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America I AM closes its door on May 2.The public has less than 10 days to see this awe-inspiring and award winning exhibition.Don't miss it!

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"I don't know the key to success but the key to failure is trying to please everybody."~Bill Cosby

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"We are not a problem people; we are a people with problems. We have historic strengths; we have survived because of family."-Dorothy Height

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"I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free. "~Rosa Parks

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"All I was doing was trying to get home from work." ~ Rosa Parks

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On April 20, 1999, Rosa Parks won the Congressional Medal of Honor. Parks was given the award for her refusal to give up her bus seat.

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America I AM is in it's FINAL WEEKS at the California Science Center!

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Alexander Looby, a City Councilman and NAACP attorney from Nashville, had his home destroyed by a bomb on April 19, 1960.

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On April 19, 1837, Cheyney State College one of the oldest Black colleges in the United States was founded as a school for black boys.

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Black minutemen joined their white counterparts on April 19, 1775, to fight the British at Concord and Lexington, MA.

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On April 16, 1962, Martin Luther King wrote the Letter from the Birmingham Jail after being arrested in Alabama during a peaceful protest.

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RT @KATORRI The exhibit's fantastic,I feel such pride knowing,I come from a people w/ a hist that proves our ability 2adapt&strength2survive

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Bessie Smith sings St. Louis Blues in 1929's "Empress of the Blues". Check out the YouTube link. http://bit.ly/c28wzf

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On April 15, 1894, Bessie Smith was born in Chattanooga, TN. She would be a driving force of bringing blues to major cities in the US.

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On April 14, 1775, the first abolitionist society N the US was founded by the Pennsylvania Quakers in Philadelphia.

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RT @tavissmiley: The historic King “Beyond Vietnam” draft document is now @ @LA_AmericaIAM exhibition @ the CA Science Center thru May 2nd

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Billie Holiday was born N Philly on April 7, 1917. Holiday helped 2 define a new era of jazz. #BlackFact #Fact #History